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Speaker 1: alongside John Boyle as always John, was it humpkin or

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Speaker 1: So look it is not going to treat watching the

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Speaker 1: I'd like to What I'm saying is I'd like to

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Speaker 1: hang out with the offense a lot less this game. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't mind hanging out with Michael Dixon at all,

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Speaker 1: Like he can just stand next to me the whole time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's let be bored. Yeah, yeah, let's do that boring.

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Speaker 1: That's our mantra this week. Make it boring, make it good,

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Speaker 1: make it boring. Can we go with that Nacy' is

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Speaker 1: not entertained by us at all anymore, which means the

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Speaker 1: audience might not be either. This is a great time

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Speaker 1: to close it out. Thanks for listening. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: with you next week